Senate Bill sb2440

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2440

    By Senator Margolis





    35-1613A-04                                             See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to school district governance;

  3         requiring the creation of a committee in

  4         specified school districts to review the

  5         current governing structure of the school

  6         district; specifying the areas to be evaluated;

  7         providing committee membership and staff;

  8         providing for committee recommendations;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  (1)  A committee shall be established in

14  each school district with a K-12 student enrollment in excess

15  of 250,000 students to review the current governing structure

16  of the school district. The emphasis of the committee's review

17  shall be an evaluation of the school district's performance in

18  delivery of services and the ability of the community to

19  interact with the school district. Additionally, the committee

20  shall evaluate, but not be limited to, the following: the

21  number of district school board members; single-member

22  representation; district school board member term limits;

23  campaign finance relating to election of district school board

24  members; the position of district school superintendent; the

25  school district's administrative organizational structure; the

26  creation of a construction and facilities board comprised of

27  citizens in the community to monitor land purchase and

28  construction of educational facilities; and the division of

29  the school district into smaller school districts.

30         (2)  The committee shall have the following membership:

31         (a)  Two members appointed by the Governor.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2440
    35-1613A-04                                             See HB




 1         (b)  One member of the State Board of Education.

 2         (c)  One member appointed by the President of the

 3  Senate.

 4         (d)  One member appointed by the Speaker of the House

 5  of Representatives.

 6         (e)  One district school board member of the school

 7  district being evaluated.

 8         (f)  The district school superintendent of the school

 9  district being evaluated.

10         (g)  An attorney from the Office of the Attorney

11  General.

12         (h)  The mayors of the two municipalities in the school

13  district with a population greater than 50,000 selected by a

14  vote of the local Florida League of Cities.

15         (3)  The committee shall have a staff consisting of a

16  full-time executive secretary, a contracted attorney, and a

17  contracted specialized consultant to assist in the school

18  district review.

19         (4)  Based on its review, the committee shall report to

20  the district school board recommended changes to the governing

21  structure of the school district no later than July 1, 2005.

22         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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